1920-1930 A

Intro: Without inventions discovered in 1920 - 1930, we would not have the technology we have today. Imagine life with movies without any sound, transportation without cars, paper cuts without band-aids. It was the 1920's where major inventions were created. In the 1920s - 1930s, technology, entertainment, and economy and politics all drastically changed. In the technological area, Ford cars, band-aids, and the lie detector were created. The technology developed in the 1920s enables people to prevent infects after cuts, escaping from punishment after committing crime, and save energy by driving a car. Changes in the entertainment areas are films with sound, the famous Charleston dance, and the publish of major magazines that still exists today. Political changes include the constitutional amendment: the rights for women to vote, the black plague spreading in India, and the increase inflation in Germany.

Timeline:

1920:
  • League of Nations Established
  • Bubonic plague in India
  • Women Granted the Right to Vote in U.S.
1921:
  • Extreme Inflation in Germany
  • Irish Free State Proclaimed
  • Lie Detector Invented
1922:
  • Michael Collins Killed in Ambush
  • Mussolini Marches on Rome
  • The Reader's Digest Published
1923:
  • Talking Movies Invented
  • Teapot Dome Scandal
  • Time Magazine Founded
1924:
  • First Olympic Winter Games
  • J. Edgar Hoover Appointed FBI Director
  • Leopold and Loeb Murder a Neighbor Out of Boredom
1925:
  • Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf
  • The Scopes (Monkey) Trial
  • Flapper dresses in style
1926:
  • Houdini Dies After Being Punched
  • Robert Goddard Fires His First Liquid-Fuel Rocket
  • A Woman Swims the English Channel
1927:
  • BBC Founded
  • The First Talking Movie, The Jazz Singer
  • Babe Ruth makes home-run record
1928:
  • Bubble Gum Invented
  • First Mickey Mouse Cartoon
  • First Oxford English Dictionary Published
1929:
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre
  • Car radio invented
  • Stock market crashes
1930:
  • Gandhi's Salt March
  • Pluto Discovered
  • Stalin Begins Collectivizing Agriculture in the U.S.S.R.

Technology:

Transportation :
Commercial Aviation
First portable radio and first car radio are manufactured
Inventions:
Herbert Kalmus makes first successful use of the Technicolor process
1927: Henry Ford began the mass production of the car (paid workers $5 a day)
1921: Lie Detector Invented
1920: The band-aid is invented

Entertainment:

Movies :
The 1st film with sounds : "The Jazz Singer"
The most famous movie dog is Rin - Tin - Tin

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Famous Figures :
Mae Murray - actress
Gloria Swanson - actress
Charlie Chaplin - actor
Arnold Shaw - musician
Louise Brooks - fashion icon

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Magazines :
The Reader's Digest was published
Time Magazine was founded
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Dance :
The Charleston Dance became popular

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History of the U.S and other countries:

Presidents of the U.S:
  • 1913-1921: Woodrow Wilson
  • 1921-1923: Warren G. Harding
  • 1923-1929: Calvin Coolidge
  • 1929-1933: Herbert Hoover

Vice Presidents of the U.S:
  • 1913-1921: Thomas R. Marshall
  • 1921-1923: Calvin Coolidge
  • 1923-1925: None
  • 1925-1929: Charles Dawes
  • 1929-1933: Charles Curtis
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Calvin Coolidge

Economy, Politics, and Others:
  • 1920: Constitutional amendment; rights for women to vote.
  • 1921: Extreme inflation in Germany.
  • 1923: Hitler won power by democratic means.
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Adolf Hitler

Catastrophes:
1920: Bubonic Plague spreads into India.
1929: Stock market crashes - leading to the Great Depression.
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Stock market crashes

Interesting Facts:

Famous people:
Born: Marilyn Manroe; actress (June 1, 1926).
Death: Bessie Coleman; African America Pilot (April 30, 1926).
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Marilyn Monroe

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